Pharmacy News

Emily Blum, a 2015 Ohio Northern University pharmacy graduate, was selected as one of the Premier Partner Scholarship award-winners and was honored for her achievements at the Cleveland Clinic Health System Pharmacy Resident graduation dinner on Monday, June 22.

Blum was recognized for her outstanding achievements in academic performance and experiential rotations at the Cleveland Clinic Health System Pharmacy. She received $1,000 and a plaque at the dinner.

The Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy will host the third annual Ohio Pharmacy Residency Conference (OPRC) on Friday, May 15.

The conference provides an opportunity for residents to present their projects to peers, preceptors and other colleagues. In addition to the educational opportunities, this conference provides a chance for members to network with residents and preceptors from a variety of programs within Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.

Alumni from Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College of Pharmacy received five awards and several appointments during the 137th Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA) Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio, from April 17-19.

The Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy has been awarded a Health Resources and Services Administration grant to establish a multidisciplinary rural mobile clinic to provide health care for residents of Hardin County, Ohio.

The grant, totaling, $572,973 over three years, will fund an innovative model that will employ a community mobile clinic using a multidisciplinary team of ONU faculty and students and interdisciplinary health care specialists under the supervision of licensed professionals to deliver educational outreach and health care services.

Ohio Northern University student Jeremiah Barnes, a fifth-year pharmacy major from Seymour, Ind., was awarded the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Practice Award for his dedication to public health during Ohio Northern University’s Honors Day this past weekend. The award was presented to Barnes by USPHS, Lieutenant Edward R. Kay.

Ohio Northern University will celebrate its 131st Raabe College of Pharmacy Commencement Ceremony in the Sports Center on Sunday, May 10, at 9 a.m.

To commemorate the event, Ohio Sen. Dave Burke, a 1990 ONU pharmacy graduate, will deliver the commencement address for the pharmacy program and receive an honorary degree. Lydia (Weaver) Bailey, a graduating sixth-year pharmacy major from Columbus, Ohio, will deliver the student address.

Amanda Liebrecht, a second-year pharmacy student from McComb, Ohio, has been awarded a Newman Civic Fellows Award, sponsored by the KPMG Foundation, for her efforts in establishing a Sunday school program in Ada for the Catholic parish.Liebrecht, along with several classmates, organized a Sunday school in which young children are supervised during the Sunday morning Mass service and a child-friendly lesson is provided for the children. The ONU students take turns preparing lessons for the children, which include Bible stories, a craft/project, some games, and a snack.

Ohio Northern University was ranked in the top 10 as one of the “best value colleges in the state of Ohio” in a study conducted by SmartAsset, a financial date and technology company.

According to the study, ONU placed third among all schools in Ohio, finishing with a “College Education Value Index” of 71.4. Ohio State University was first overall with an index of 74.60, and Case Western was second with a value index of 72.34.

Ohio Northern University student Emily Ickes, a fourth-year pharmacy major from Jeromesville, Ohio, has been appointed to the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) National Student Leadership Council (SLC) for a two-year term.